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Livermore police last week broke a vehicle window to provide relief to a dog locked in a car with the windows rolled up.
Around 11:45 a.m. last Thursday, officers received a call about a dog inside a Jeep in the Costco parking lot.
Police said the temperature at the time was 101 degrees outside.
Animal services officers found the dog heavily panting inside the vehicle. The Jeep was locked and its windows were closed with the sunroof slightly open. Officers took a temperature reading and found it to be 112-131 degrees inside the vehicle.
Police decided to break the window to free the dog. They took the dog to a veterinarian, who said he was OK. The dog was estimated to be in the vehicle for at least an hour.
“If we would have let this dog inside the car any further, it could have possibly led to death,” said Livermore Police Animal Services Officer Kevin Leon. “We don’t want to get to that point of having to retrieve a deceased animal because someone was neglectful.”
The dog’s owner faces a fine as well as the veterinary and shelter fees. He’ll pay for his own broken window as well.
Editor’s Note: This Bay City News story is by Tony Hicks.
